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A string of incidents of police misconduct by the group of four Oakland PD officers known as "the Oakland Riders" came to light. [4] 119 people pressed civil rights lawsuits for unlawful beatings and detention, ultimately settling for $11 million with an agreement that the Oakland Police Department would implement significant reforms. [5]
Burris's 1999 book, Blue vs. Black, is about the problem of police brutality against African-Americans. Burris "has earned millions of dollars" in filing hundreds of police brutality and high-profile lawsuits, including a $3.8 million verdict for Rodney King and a $42,000 settlement in a suit brought on behalf of Tupac Shakur. [4]
The family of Dexter Reed, a 26-year-old Black man who was killed in a hail of bullets fired by police during a traffic stop in Chicago last month, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the ...
The department convicted more than 180 police officers of civil rights abuses, ... successfully represented by Clarke's team at the Lawyers’ Committee in a lawsuit against neo-Nazi Andrew ...
The claim cites past lawsuits filed by former officers who also alleged racism and mistreatment by Dyer as an examples of history of mismanagement in Fresno Police Department. A 2011 lawsuit that ...
On February 12, Patel and his lawyer, Hank Sherrod, filed a federal lawsuit against Madison police for use of excessive force and racial profiling. [5] On May 27, 2020 the U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit ruled that a civil rights lawsuit filed against Parker and the city of Madison can move forward. [13] [14] [15]
Two Minnesotans filed federal civil rights lawsuits Tuesday against the city of Minneapolis and Derek Chauvin, alleging they were traumatized when the former police officer used his “signature ...
Multiple people claimed police struck them with batons despite having their hands raised. Four people filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Boston and three Boston Police officers. [160] May 31, 2020 Charleston, South Carolina: A kneeling protester was arrested after telling police "I love each and every one of you.